Friday, March 2, 2018

Dueling Memos: Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., promised that a memo drafted by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee would refute charges raised in an earlier Republican memo about FBI and DOJ abuses in the Trump/Russia investigation. Instead, the Democrats' memo ended up confirming several key accusations.

For weeks Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee promised proof that Republican charges of FBI and Justice Department misconduct involving wiretaps on Trump campaign advisor Carter Page were bogus. The previous memo, drafted by Republicans on that committee, "distorts the work of the FBI and the Department of Justice," said the committee's top Democrat, Adam Schiff.

Schiff went so far as to contend that President Trump had been blocking the release of the Democrats' rebuttal because it would "disprove" Trump's claims that he'd been vindicated in his assertions that the Russian probe was politically tainted.

"The president doesn't want you to see these facts from the FISA application because it completely undermines his claim of vindication," Schiff said.

And while the New York Times and other news outlets say the memo provides a "forceful rebuttal," a careful reading shows that it actually ends up confirming the most damaging claims made by critics of the FBI probe. Namely, --->

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